Koneru Sridhar has received appreciation for saving the lives of 20 students at Tanglewood Middle School in South Carolina in the USA. On Thursday, a 12-year-old opened fire at fellow students killing one instantly. Sridhar, hailing from Vijayawada, and working as a Maths teacher in the same school, took 20 students to the safety. The management of the school and parents of students have expressed gratitude to Sridhar for showing courage and rescuing students from gun fire. His relatives and friends in Vijayawada also appreciated him. The local police took the minor into custody.